Routh Mounds

Routh Mounds is a Plaquemine culture archaeological site in Tensas Parish, Louisiana. It is the type site for the Routh Phase(1200 to 1350 CE) of the Tensas Basin Plaquemine Mississippian chronology.[1] It is located approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of the Winter Quarters State Historic Site.

Routh Mounds
Location within Louisiana today
LocationNewellton, Louisiana, Tensas Parish, Louisiana,  USA
RegionTensas Parish, Louisiana
Coordinates32°1′15.85″N 91°12′46.19″W
History
PeriodsRouth Phase
CulturesPlaquemine culture
Site notes
Responsible body: private

See also

References

  1. Hally, David J. (1972). "Chapter 3 : Routh Phase". The Plaquemine and Mississippian Occupations of the Upper Tensas Basin, Louisiana (PDF) (Doctor of Philosophy thesis). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Department of Anthropology, Harvard University. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
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